KCTU sanctions Financial Assistance of Rs. 50.00 Lakhs under R&D Scheme to Sahyadri

The 8th State Level Committee (SLC) for sanction of incentives of Karnataka Council for Technological Upgradation (KCTU) has sanctioned Financial Assistance of Rs. 50.00 Lakhs to Sahyadri for setting up “Development of Automated Welding Techniques in TIG & MIG for Industries” R & D Centre on the basis of investment to be made on Machinery and Equipments.

Mechanical Engineering Faculty visited Canara Springs, Mangaluru to strengthen Industry-Academia Connect

Prof. Suhas and Prof. Vaishak from the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering along with Mr. Ajith, CAED Lab Instructor, visited Canara Springs Mangaluru as a part of Industry-Institute interaction. The team interacted with Mr. Premnath Kudva, Executive Director, Canara Springs who invited Sahyadri students to visit his industry and also approved internship opportunity. The team had also met Mr. A. J Saleem, Deputy General Manager, Canara Springs who shared his appreciation and recalled the elated moments spent at Sahyadri during his visit to the in-house start-ups and industries.

Faculty Team also interacted with the HR Manager – Mr. Krishna Kumar Rao who briefed about the formalities to be followed when students visit their industry for internships and so on.

Two-Day Placement Workshop for Final Year MBA students

A Two-Day Placement Workshop was facilitated by Trainers from ‘Practical Trainers’, Bengaluru for the final year MBA students. ‘Practical Trainers’ is a leading training provider in Bengaluru with experience of training more than 10,000 students across various campuses. 176 students were part of this training programme.

The training team comprised of Mr. Amit Gupta, Engineering from IIT Chennai and MBA from Delhi School of Economics. He has an overall experience of more than 12 years in Corporate where he leads the Marketing Team for Campus hiring of Wipro. Currently, Amit works for IBM.

Mr. Swaroop Srinivas, an industry practitioner with close to 12 years of experience has spent majority of his career in the consulting companies like PwC. He has done his engineering from NITK Suratkal and has a post-graduation from IIM Bangalore.

Manish Jha is a Sales & Marketing champion who did his MBA from Welingkar Institute of Management. With over 12 years of experience in Insurance, Consulting, Travel & Food-Tech, Manish leads the team at ‘Practical Trainers’.

Day One of the workshop had a session on Resume Building and students were given individual feedback on their resumes. Post this session, students were apprised on frequently asked questions during a face to face interview and how these questions should be addressed in the most pleasing manner.

Department of Mechanical Engineering organized “CATAPULT 1.0”

On behalf of Engineers Day, Department of Mechanical Engineering organized “Catapult 1.0” in the memory of Sir M Vishweshvaraya. The event was held with the main intent to exhibit the technical talent of Mechanical Engineering students. Around 20 catapult teams were part of the event with around 100 participants. The programme was inaugurated by Mr. Pramod Mishra, Deputy General Manager, MRPL, Mangaluru. During the inaugural address, he mentioned about the Role of engineers in building the society, importance of fundamentals of subjects which are much essential for Design, operations and maintenance of various mechanical components. He also stressed on activity-based learning & appreciated that such events provide a platform for students to exhibit their talents. Prof. S S Balakrishna, Vice-Principal presided over the function. Dr. Rajesh, Dean-Academics; Dr. Ravichandra Rangappa, Dean-Industry Connect; Dr. Ravindra Babu, Associate Professor; Mr. Kiran Prakasha, Assistant Professor were present during the event.

Campus Recruitment Drive- Nineleaps Technologies

Nineleaps Technologies conducted a Campus Recruitment Drive at Sahyadri for the CS, IS & EC engineering students of 2019 outgoing batch. It is a core company and a total of 323 students participated. The package offered is 4.5 Lakhs per annum..

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